The cold dishes were followed by hot dishes, Chen Xiuyan ate steamed halibut, stir-fried sea shrimp, steamed crab, stir-fried conch meat with green peppers, as well as sauce-flavored pork ribs, sea cucumber millet porridge.

At the end, a glutinous rice snack and a plate of fruit were served.

This meal is the most extravagant meal Chen Xiuyan has eaten since she came to ancient times, and the taste is really good.

"Eating with you is appetizing." Pei Xue used one more bowl of porridge than usual, and ate two pieces of dim sum, and now her stomach is eight or nine points full.

"Wouldn't it be a waste to eat more of such a delicious delicacy." Chen Xiuyan said truthfully.

"Someone pack a few things." Pei Xue ordered the maid to go out, then looked at Chen Xiuyan and said, "Later, you can bring some back for your family to try." ”

Chen Xiuyan's eyes showed a hint of joy, and she thanked her with a smile.

Out of Tianxiang Building, Chen Xiuyan carried the food box and took the Pei family's carriage back to the residence, and the servant woman of the Pei Mansion personally sent Chen Xiuyan to the door of the house, which can be regarded as recognizing the door.

When Granny Yu saw Chen Xiuyan coming back, she came out excitedly, helped carry the food box, and cordially asked about today's matter with Miss Pei Jialiu.

Granny Yu meant what the Wang family meant, Chen Xiuyan didn't hide it, she said it in 1510.

"The old slave is going to prepare dinner now, I didn't expect to be able to eat fresh seafood, today is really stained with Dr. Chen's light."

For dinner today, there is a dish of cold-cut squid, steamed crab, stir-fried river shrimp, plus braised lion's head, loofah scrambled eggs, eggplant with meat foam, and winter melon soup made by the chef in the house, which is very rich.

Luo Wenqian and Wang Yajie also knew about Chen Xiuyan's encounter with Miss Pei Jialiu today.

After dinner, Wang Yajie asked people to serve tea, and told Luo Wenqian and Chen Xiuyan about Miss Pei Liu's family history, now that she is in Fucheng, she may meet the Pei family again, and she has to know a little, of course, Wang Yajie also got the advance greeting of Wang Dian, otherwise she would not dare to say it casually.

"We don't know much, we only know that Pei's Mansion in Fucheng is a side branch of the Pei family of Yong'an Hou in the capital, and now Pei Da, the prefect of Jinan Mansion, is the cousin of Yong'an Hou." Wang Yajie told the news he knew.

"However, Miss Pei Liu is the young lady of the Pei family branch in the capital, and she is still the fiancée of the current third prince, this time Miss Pei Liu came back to worship her parents, but I didn't expect that incident."

"The third prince attaches great importance to it, and personally returns to Beijing to investigate, so that Miss Pei Liu can live in Jinan Mansion for a few more days."

Chen Xiuyan raised her eyebrows, the future princess, this identity is precious, although Master Pei is only the prefect of Jinan, but there is not only the Marquis of Yong'an behind him, but also the three princes, no wonder Pei Xue said that there is no one in the city who cannot afford to offend the Pei family, and he has this confidence.

"I'll go to Yaxing again tomorrow and pick a better shop to buy it, I've already told Pei Liu about the shop today."

After hearing this, Chen Xiuyan responded like this, and Wang Yajie couldn't laugh or cry.

"Sister-in-law, Pei Liu's status is high, you have a life-saving grace for her, and you can have better appeals." Wang Yajie reminded, "For example, let the Pei family help introduce ......"

"Jay." Luo Wenqian interrupted Wang Yajie's words, "It's pure help, if you add these, it will be tasteless, just let Xiuyan do it by herself, we have to rely on ourselves now." ”

Wang Yajie was a little ashamed.

"But you're right." Luo Wenqian affirmed, "If you have good connections, you should use them reasonably, but we are not qualified to make this kind of request with Pei Fu now." ”

"Brother Ziqing, I understand." Wang Yajie was somewhat taught.

The next day, Chen Xiuyan went to Huang Ji Yaxing again, this time the treatment was different from yesterday, and he was led directly to a private room on the third floor.

It was Qiangzi who came forward to entertain him, but this time Huang Ji's shopkeeper also came to the private room in person, met Chen Xiuyan, and instructed Qiangzi to do his best for Chen Xiuyan.

This time, Chen Xiuyan saw the information of the shops in the east of the city, and took Huang Ji's carriage to the east of the city to see three good shops, two of which were two-story and one was of one floor.

The price is much higher than that in the north of the city, with a two-story building costing 800 to 1,000 taels, and a one-story building costing 500 taels.

Chen Xiuyan estimated his financial resources and finally bought a two-story shop on Anrong Street in the north of the city, which was a cloth village business before, and the location was very good, spending nine hundred taels.

Chen Xiuyan on Ankang Street also took it, and the tooth man gave the right words, as long as it is released that the Pei family is behind this shop, no one dares to make trouble at the door, and others come to make trouble is the idea of buying this shop at a lower price, and now Chen Xiuyan is relying on the Pei family to buy it, and no one in Jinan Mansion dares to say anything.

And the tooth man also said that he could help to lower the price, and in the end, Chen Xiuyan spent four hundred and thirty taels of silver, seventy taels lower than estimated.

The Yamen transfer of the money and the tooth bank directly took it, and Chen Xiuyan was generous in giving fifty taels of money to the tooth person, and it would be troublesome to rent it out after the comparison, and then his own home was empty.

Just in case, Chen Xiuyan thought about selling some Chinese medicinal materials in her own space in Fucheng, and she had to have some money in her hands when she went out.

The next day, Chen Xiuyan went out and didn't let Granny Yu follow anymore, she carried a basket and pretended to be a basket, but before she could go out, someone from Pei's Mansion came, and it was a housekeeper from Pei's Mansion, who said that she was ordered by Mrs. Pei to give gifts to the Luo family's lady.

The gift was not light, there were two carriages, from the four treasures of the study, gold and silver jewelry, silk and satin cloth, to dry goods and seafood, Chen Xiuyan did not refuse, and accepted it with a smile.

Since he can be sent to the place where he lives now, Pei Liu must know about it.

After counting the gifts sent by Pei Fu, Chen Xiuyan didn't want to go out today, it was too hot outside.

Chen Xiuyan classified the things sent over, put the four treasures of the study together, and let him make arrangements, and put away his own jewelry, and let Granny Yu take the food directly, and live here these days to make and eat.

Chen Xiuyan did not leave Granny Yu behind, and picked a silver hairpin from the jewelry and gave it to her, so happy that Granny Yu became more and more hardworking and kind.

In the past few days, Luo Wenqian followed Wang Yajie, as well as other students from the county school, and often went to the house where Ning Youjin lived to discuss and study together, after all, he was representing Yijiang County, and he also got to know a lot of candidates from Fucheng and other counties with Ning Youjin, which were all connections.

After Luo Wenqian came back, Chen Xiuyan made a list of the things sent by the Pei Mansion for him to see, "But why did the Pei Mansion only send us things and not the Wang family?" The Wang family also made great efforts in that incident. ”

"If nothing else, the evaluation will be completed at the end of this year, and Lord Wang can be promoted." Luo Wenqian's answer made Chen Xiuyan know that the Wang family would get a different reward from his own family, after all, the foundation was different.